Ireland's Data Protection Commission fined Google €403 million ($463 million) on September 21, 2026, for violations of the EU's General Data Protection Regulation in its handling of users' location data. The fine was the largest GDPR penalty for location data processing.
Ireland's Data Protection Commission fined Google €403 million for unlawful processing of location data, finding that users may have been unaware their information was used to target advertisements. The penalty follows a six-year inquiry launched after complaints from European consumer rights organizations.